Elderly gamblers busted in casino raid

elderly gamblers arrested in Sanxia District

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment gambling, illegal casino, New Taipei City

Eight people, including seven elderly patrons were arrested in New Taipei City’s Sanxia District when police raided an illegal casino, Saturday, January 26. After three reports earlier this month led police to the wrong addresses, the officers finally honed in on a house on Baiji mountain, 1.5 kilometers from the misreported location. Inside the house, police arrested 8 people with a combined age of 570 years. While one of the arrested was only 47, the oldest was an 84-year-old woman,

Violent Crimes

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Kaohsiung City, national highway, stabbing

A woman in Kaohsiung City jumped from a moving car to escape being stabbed to death by her husband as they traveled on National Highway 10 this morning, January 28. The 38-year-old woman named Sun was traveling with her 51-year-old husband, named Liu, and their 2-year-old son, when the couple began to argue at around 10:40am. Mr Liu lost his temper, grabbed a knife, and stabbed Ms Sun. Ms Sun then jumped from the car at high speed, according to

Aviation

January 20, 2019January 20, 2019 Phillip Charlier 54 Comments flight attendant

A female Taiwanese flight attendant felt physically and mentally traumatized after being exposed to the sight of an obese man’s genitals, and being forced to wipe the man’s bottom, after he went to the toilet on a flight from Los Angeles to Taipei yesterday, January 19. “I feel dirty.” The flight attendant wrote on an Instagram post that detailed the experience. According to reports in Taiwan media outlets, the flight attendant wrote that an old, white, American man, weighing around

Society

January 19, 2019 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment death penalty, suicide, Taipei Detention Center

A prisoner awaiting execution in the Taipei Detention Center was found dead yesterday, January 18, with more than 50 rubber bands around his neck. Chen Yu’an (陳昱安) was handed the death penalty by the Supreme Court, January 2013, for the murder of his father in 2010. Chen, 37 years old at the time, had been kicked out home, and bore resentment over favoritism shown to his brothers. In September of that year, Chen cut his father down with a meat

Military Affairs

January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment live-fire drill, military exercises, ROC Navy

Live fire military exercises designed to strengthen Taiwan’s anti-landing defense capabilities kicked off the second day of a month-long series of military drills involving the ROC air, navy, and army forces. The exercise began before dawn on the coast of Taichung with a cardinal II UAV taking off to carry out joint surveillance. IDF fighters and Ching Chiang class (Jin-Jiang) patrol ships fired missiles at “enemy ships” off the west coast. Thunderbolt 2000 missiles and M110A2 self-propelled howitzers fired from

Society

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment domestic violence, Luzhou District, New Taipei City, vigilante

A vigilante mob gathered outside a gated community in Luzhou District, New Taipei City, and a small group managed to infiltrate the building to beat up a man after a video of a domestic violence incident was shared on social media, yesterday, January 13. On the evening of January 12, a 42-year-old man named Lin sent his 12-year-old son out to buy some spicy meatballs. However, the son returned with un-spiced meatballs. Lin flew into a rage, demanding to know

Traffic Accidents

January 14, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment drug-driving, Keelung City

A driver in Keelung City crashed into a bus this morning, but when police went to the hospital to question him, the man had fled. At around 9:30am, the driver of a silver sedan lost control of his vehicle at high speed on Peide Road, crashed into a traffic island, flipping his car, and crashed into a bus travelling in the opposite lane. The driver, a 26-year-old man named Yu, suffered injuries to his face and was taken to hospital

Violent Crimes

January 12, 2019January 12, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment aggravated robbery, armed-robbery, New Taipei City, Ruifang District, taxi

Two men were arrested today after an attempted armed robbery of a taxi driver in Shuangxi District, New Taipei City in the early hours of the morning. Two unemployed residents of the rural Ruifang and Shuangxi districts, a 25-year-old man named Huang, and a 27-year-old named Lin, hatched a plan to obtain some money to tide them over the upcoming Lunar New Year holidays. At around midnight last night, Huang hailed a taxi at the Ruifang train station and asked

illegal migrant workers arrested in Taitung

Society

January 12, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment foreign workers, illegal immigration, Taitung

Police in Taitung City enforcing a ban on gravel trucks on restricted roads found a group of illegal Vietnamese workers hiding in the back of a truck. Police officers pulled over the truck at around 4:00pm Thursday, January 10, on Heping Road in Beinan Township at a road-stop manned by 10 police officers. Officers reported that the truck driver had a negative attitude, and was uncooperative and evasive when questioned. One of the officers noticed suspicious movement under the black

Animals

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment animal smuggling, customs, gerbils, Kinmen

A Taiwanese woman was intercepted entering the country from China via Kinmen today with 24 live gerbils wrapped in stockings and taped to her lower legs. Customs and Quarantine, along with Coast Guard officers, are currently vigorously inspecting people entering Taiwan via the “three links” in Kinmen County, in an attempt to prevent African Swine Flu spreading from China to Taiwan. Officers at the Shuitou Customs Clearance Center spotted a middle-aged woman with an unusual body-shape, acting suspiciously, and walking

Elderly gamblers busted in casino raid

Woman jumps from moving car on freeway after husband stabs her

Taiwanese flight attendant traumatized after being forced to wipe fat, white, old, foreign butt

Death row inmate commits suicide using rubber bands

Live fire exercise strengthens Taiwan’s anti-landing capabilities

Vigilante mob gathers after video of domestic violence incident shared on social media

Suspected drug driver flees hospital after crashing into bus

Armed robbers arrested after fleeing at the sight of blood

11 illegal migrant workers found hidden in back of truck in Taitung City

Gerbil smuggling operation intercepted in Kinmen County